COMPETITION: Win a Tidy Books Box

Little man loves reading books, we read at least one book at bedtime and several books over the weekend and school holidays. I am proud to be a Tidy Books Ambassador, a few months ago we reviewed our first product: Tidy Books Kids Bookcase, little man fell in love with it as soon as he saw it and he is still very proud of his bookcase in his bedroom, he shows it to everyone that comes to visit us.

Tidy Books Box

We were sent another Tidy Books product to review: Tidy Books Box (RRP £69.00) which is a handy book box with a play clock, it comes with a five year warranty. The Tidy Books Box encourages independent reading, it holds 40 children’s books and magazines of all sizes and shapes. We have chosen a blue Tidy Books Box, but it is also available in white and natural.

Tidy Books Box

Little man loves the fact that he can keep his favourite books close to hand and organised in his Tidy Books Box. Since he can’t take his Tidy Books Bookcase out of his bedroom, we keep his Tidy Books Box in the living room with his favourite books. It comes on an easy to carry flat pack size, which is easy to assemble and you don’t even need a screwdriver as it comes with everything you need to put it together: screws and handy key.

Tidy Books Box Play Clock

Tidy Books Box is made from wood from sustainable sources and finished in eco-friendly water lacquer, low VOCs. It is sturdy and it is well made, I’m sure it will last for a long time as it seems durable.

Little man has only just started school and he’s learning to use a clock and tell the time, so he loves the play clock on the side of the box. The play clock can be removed as your children grow, and in case you would like to turn the book box into a magazine box for your living room.

Little Man Enjoying His Tidy Books Box

Overall, we are very pleased with Tidy Books Box, another great Tidy Books product that has been tried, tested and loved by us!

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I believe that it’s important to start reading to children as soon as they come out of the womb and that this will help them to get into books. I’ve been reading two books to my little boy every night since he was born. He’s 10 months old now and gets excited whenever he sees a book! I think that if children see their parents reading it encourages them to read too as children like to copy those they love.

Take them to your local library so they can choose their own books to take home. At my local library there is always loads of activities going on like storytime, meet an author and other book related activities – my kids love them and they are almost always free!

Start reading with them from birth! You really can never be too young to enjoy books! Don’t be afraid to have ‘real’ books with paper pages either (as well as board, cloth, bath books) If they associate books as being something really special, you’ll VERY rarely find a torn page because they’ll actually WANT to look after them!

I think getting your child settled in bed and bringing a book out for quality quiet time is the best way to encourage your child to read books. Start with fun books that have flaps to lift and textured panels insise. This is how I got my little ones loving their books 🙂

I think they pick up on enthusiasm and you can make it so much fun by doing silly voices. If you’re reading the same books quite often they can get really into it as the repetition helps to keep their attention. We had such fun with three billy goats gruff, when I said “UP jumps the ugly troll” I’d always make him jump even though he knew I’d do it and it would set him off with the giggles…ahhhh happy days!

I always read with different voices, I try to bring the characters to life. My sons love being read too, They love actual books too, ebooks are not the same, they like the illusions and try to guess the storyline. Great competition – The Book Tidy Box looks great! We can never have too many books.

We always read to our little ones for half an hour a day, usually just before bed. We choose of different types of books, from story telling books, to poetry books, and choose ones with lots of bright engaging pictures. We encourage the children to ‘read along’ ~ for example, asking them what do they think the characters would say etc.

in our house to encourage reading we will let the kids tell us what they think is happening on each page first then go back to the beginning of the book and read it together and see how close they were to the story. This way they get to use their imagination also.

Interest kids in reading books since they are babies, so they will grow up surrounded by books from the start, and the best start in life I would say! Buy interactive books with flaps, sounds and of course beautiful illustrations that will improve their taste and attract them to books even more.

Start early. My partner was nervous about bonding with the little one once he was born and our midwife suggested talkibg to my bump.. (also because of his deep voice baby would recognise it when born and itd settle him – very true).
When daddy ran our of things to say hed pick up a baby book abd pretend our little one was already there! he seems to love these same ones now too

Use your imagination as much as you want your child to use theirs! I love making up different voices for characters and adding little extra bits to get the excitement going… if you make reading fun and show how much love you have for reading your child is sure to love it too!

read to them from birth and as soon as they can grip let them hold and engage it books, sitting on the potty, give them a book and read it with them and always read a bedtime story to them so they then realise the joys of books

i was bought up to read as were my brother and sister and we always make it fun for my nieces and nephews to read. by finding the books that they like. Pheonix loves fairies, so the majority of her books are about fairies she sits now on her own reading them, and loves it. she never goes near a kindle as i believe the importance of a real book in your hand where you can see the pictures imagine that you are there in the story with them, pheonix believes in fairy land because of this and will read every day.

Just read to them from day 1, I’ve read to my son from when he was a baby and we have our reading time after his bath and if he fancies a story when he gets home from school and he absolutely adores his stories 🙂

My Daughter takes after me… Loves me to read her stories at bedtime! she chooses the book… I didnt really do anything to get her into them, she just naturally loves them! even when she has sleepovers she takes a book with her for nanny to read x x

My son always liked books but i started out with picture books and making things up and letting him tell stories with the pictures. Reading very short books to get him used to having to stay still and listen. I also progressed to books with large pictures and made funny voices for the characters and asking him what might happen next to get him as interested as possible

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Brazilian mum bringing up a school-aged boy in London. Our UK Food, Parenting & Lifestyle Blog shares our family adventures, stories and reviews, from family days out and restaurants, to travel and hotels, children’s toys, gadgets, fashion and beauty!